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Susan Martin, PhD, Prevention Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, 6001 Executive Blvd. Room 4247, Rockville, MD 20892-9589, 301-402-1533, smartin@nida.nih.gov, CAPT Jan Drass, RN, MA, CDE, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, 7500 Security Blvd, Mail Stop S1-01-28, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, 410-786-1354, jdrass@cms.hhs.gov, Cynthia Baur, PhD, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 738-G, Washington, DC 20201, 202/205-2311, cbaur@osophs.dhhs.gov, Suzanne (Suzi) Gates, MPH, CDC Youth Media Campaign, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., Mailstop K-40, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, Alice Horowitz, PhD, MPH, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Drive, Building 45, Room 4AS-37A, Bethesda, MD 20892-6401, Captain Kerry Page Nesseler, RN, MS, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8-05, Rockville, MD 20857, and Christine Prue, MSPH, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, 1600 Clifton Rd., Mailstop E-86, Atlanta, GA 30333.

This session will discuss the many activities that HHS agencies are pursuing in the area of health literacy. The moderator will provide an overview of health literacy activities at HHS, including the Healthy People 2010 objective on health literacy, and agency representatives will discuss their specific activities. The panel will discuss not only implementation but also evaluation approaches being used. The moderator is Cynthia Baur, the lead for the health literacy objective. Panelists are Dr. Christine Prue from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Captain Jan Drass from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Drs. Alice Horowitz and Susan Martin from the National Institutes of Health; and Captain Kerry Nesseler from the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss activities HHS agencies are pursuing in the area of health literacy.
• Articulate the importance of health literacy to improved health outcomes

Keywords: Communication, Health Literacy

Related Web page: www.healthfinder.gov

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: I am an employee of the National Institutes of Health and thus have an "interest" in my job and salary.

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